Managing and Understanding Yourself: A 20/20 MDS® eLearning Course
This module has two parts. The first part explores the whole area of personal style and temperament and suggests that we can be more effective by recognizing that people can think and act in ways that are often quite different to our own.
The second part of this module looks at the whole area of personal time management. Some experts suggest that many managers escape from the pressures of job induced anxiety by adopting a number of unproductive mechanisms that they call 'busyness'. They escape into time consuming activities that they find less threatening, though much less productive, than the tough aspects of their jobs. Of course, once this time has passed you cannot get it back; time is one of the aspects of our lives that many of us value only once it has slipped away.
If you adopt the techniques described in this module and to better understanding yourself and others and organizing your time as suggested, you will find that you are getting more done in a calmer and more efficient manner.
It is highly recommended that participants undertake the Personality Type Indicator prior to beginning this course. It is also recommended that you undertake the Time Management Effectiveness Profile as well as the Stress and Pressure Management Style Profile. Results from all three assessments are discussed in the module.
The 20-20 MDS® series by WCOD is a management and leadership development program designed for professionals seeking to improve their management and leadership skills to help them reach their potential in the work world. Until now, the courses and workshops in this program were only available as a complete course of study within an accredited program. WCOD has recently begun making the eLearning courses and workshops from this management and leadership development program available to learners, trainers, coaches and consultants on a course-by-course basis.
The 20-20 MDS® eLearning courses available here are about 3 to 4 hours long, and may be completed in one sitting, or bookmarked and resumed at a later date when time permits. If you or your company are interested in information regarding the accreditation of these courses through the Institute for Leadership and Management, please contact us at info@readytomanage.com.
The 20-20 MDS® series courses and workshops are most appropriate for use with aspiring, junior or middle managers seeking to improve their management and leadership skills to help them reach their potential in the work world. These courses contain a useful mix of theory, practical explanation of concepts.